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Back-issues: Volume 16 Index |
April/May, 2003 - Vol. 16, No. 6.
- The Eyes Have It Walter uses a gas/air/oxygen torch, like many of the Lauschans. No more bellows; we are in the internet age, after all. He begins with a length of translucent white tubing, a special tubing, colored with Cryolite. He expertly pulls two perfect points, and begins heating the glass, then blows his initial bubble...
- Tube Encasement by Chris Rice (Pan) - This article was written to explain my technique for making colored tubing. This technique, when perfected is a way to save some time, and a much healthier way to work.....
- Glass Art Society’s 33rd Annual Conference: Community Catalyst
- "Knuckles Down" "We want visitors to experience the many different aspects of marbles---from their history as a game to their modern function as collectable works of art," says Dawn Low, the FMA Director of Education. "But what better way to understand the allure of marbles than to hold them in your hand and try to win a game of ‘ringer’ for yourself."
- Glassified Ads - April/May, 2003 - Vol. 16 No. 6
- Workshop Calendar
- Glass Tradition: How many flameworkers do you know who learned the craft under the strict tutelage of a father or grandfather? Precious few is my guess.........
- Book Review PASSING THE FLAME: A Beadmakers Guide to Detail and Design By Corina Tettinger......
- The Importance Of Protecting Your Eyes!: The issue at hand is proper eye protection. Many lamp workers do not realize the added dangers to their eyes when working with borosilicate glass. There are three main sections of the light spectrum to consider when lampworking; Ultra Violet (UV), Visible Light, and Infrared (IR)......
- Enamels and Lamp-Working You can make unique colored stringers by heating an Effetre rod and rolling it in enamel and then pulling a stringer. You can use the stringer just as you would use any other stringer. You can use the enamel for a background in your work by rolling your work in the enamel and then adding the foreground. It is easiest if you put the enamel powder in a spoon sort of heaped in the middle to make it easier to coat your entire object.....
- Glassified Ads - February/March, 2003 - Vol. 16, No. 5.
- Workshop Calendar
- A Journey to Germany by Marcie Davis. - All I know is... that when I heard that Fred Birkhill and Shane Fero were going for a visit last summer, I knew that I must go. I felt humbly grateful to be included, and like a Native American about to embark upon a vision quest,...
- Photo 1 Nestled in Germany’s Thuringen forest lies the medieval village of Lauscha. For centuries, this humble hamlet has produced beautiful glass, sought after the world over.
- G.A.S.' 32nd Annual Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Market Sales Hold Steady' Baltimore, MD (October 9, 2002) Sales for the 2002 July Buyers Market of American Craft...
- Ventilation A request for information:
- Fun with 1" Color Rod The process of making your own colored tube is quite simple. All you need is a 16 mm heavy-wall tube, slightly flared at one end, and a rod of...
- Glassified Ads - December/January, 2002/2003 - Vol. 16, No. 4.
- Workshop Calendar
- "VITRA LUNA" Understanding and Using Lunaris Powder - by Chris Chorvat. Lunaris Powder is a Crystal aluminate Compound that is activated by Photoluminescence, (Phosphorescence or Fluorescence) which is the light that is emitted, as a flourophore falls to a lower energy state, after having been excited by irradiation.
- 2002 Top 100 Retailers of American Craft Announced - In its eighth year, the Top 100 Retailers of American Craft is the only program of its kind. More than 26,000 craft artists from throughout the U.S. and Canada were polled by NICHE magazine, the national trade publication for craft retailers and sponsor of the program. Criteria for selection include treating artists with courtesy and respect, paying on time, promoting and marketing American crafts, contributing time and energy to the craft community, as well as mentoring emerging artists. More than 670 galleries, retail stores and museum shops were nominated.
- The first glass school in Turkey - The Glass Furnace is an international center for glass and fine arts where glass lovers get to meet world-renowned glass artists. It provides a rare opportunity for glass art aficionados through its high educational standards and the rich historical and cultural heritage of Istanbul. The artists who have taught here agree that the quality of the education and the facilities at the Glass Furnace is on a par with the most important glass schools of the world.
- Inexpensive Ways to Get Started PART 2 - Let's talk about ventilation a moment. A mixture of burning propane and oxygen produces only very tiny amounts of carbon monoxide with the main byproducts being water vapor and carbon dioxide. There are also some other nastiest produced in tiny amounts so don't ignore the need to ventilate your work area. An adequate ventilation system is inexpensive and easy to construct using off-the-shelf parts from a home center. If a range hood is adequate for a stove with 4 burners and an oven it is certainly more than large enough for your torch so you can start from there.
- First Annual Hot Glass Flame-Off - Lathe demo by Mike Plane. Lecture from Gerry Sandberg from CBS . Lecture from Henry Grimmett at Glass Alchemy. Technical vendors in the show are Glasscraft Inc, Glass Art Magazine, Glass Talk Radio, Glass Alchemy,Aura Lens Products, Frantz Art Glass, Skutt Kilns, Aim Kilns, ABR Imagery (dichroic images), Winship Designs, Glass Torch Tech (both Willy and Wally), Carol Fonda/Monty Clark (largest distributors of CBS), Nortel Manufacturing, and Crystal Myths.
- Glassified Ads - October/November, 2002 - Vol. 16 No. 3.
- Workshop Calendar
- Tips and Tricks from Northstar by Jesse Kohl - A great technique to create vibrant new effects is the multi layering or overlay technique. This technique involves casing a base color in one or more layers of color. Suellen Fowler is the master of this! In this article we are going to demonstrate one of the many ways to overlay colors and give a few examples of what color combinations to try...
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- Inexpensive Ways to Get Started In this article I am going to try to show some inexpensive ways to set up a torch and shop so that lampworking can be fun, comfortable and safe without spending a fortune. Everything here may not work for you. As a matter of fact you may have some ideas of your own that would make life behind the torch easier for us all. If you do please check out the Glass Line forum and let the rest of us know...
- photo 1, Large hothead high
- photo 2, Large hothead low
- photo 3, Large PVC low
- photo 4, Large 8m low
- photo 5, Large armrest
- photo 6, Large armrest bracket
- photo 7, Large armrest under
- photo 8, Large PVC rod rack
- photo 9, Baking sheet
- photo 10, Large perlite
- photo 11, Large waterbucket
- Working Inside the Tube: How to Make a Switchback Spiral
This article should help you get started and become familiar with making an "inside-out" section....
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- Workshop Calendar
- Glassified Ads - August/September, 2002 - Vol. 16 No. 2
- Tips and Tricks from Northstar by Jesse Kohl - The ratio at which you set your oxygen to propane is crucial for certain color effects. It is imperative to understand how the different flames affect different colors, and how to dial in the “right” flame for the job. This can be achieved through an understanding of the different flame types, and a little experimentation. When dialing in a flame setting, start with the propane keeping the flame relatively cool and very reducing. The candles of the flame will be yellow tipped, long, and bushy. When the oxygen is turned up, the flame temperature increases and the flame becomes less reducing....
- Interview w/ Bandhu Scott Dunham by Helen R. Hosmer - The traditional styles were based on carefully considered aesthetics. So we‘re Americans and we’re going to do whatever the hell we want, but it’s really good to learn some of these techniques and the sense of design that the Italian masters developed. It’s always important to make something your own, and make something new. It’s not good to get stuck in a rut of making only thick chunky objects, for example...
- Page 1, Don Gross, Pat Lubin, Bandhu - instructing, Debra Fenzl, Mike Gordon and Nancy Nagel. Participating but not in photo was Deanne Sabeck and Helen Hosmer.
- A Review of Milon Townsend’s Latest Video by Frederick Birkhill - If you are an accomplished glassworker, employing traditional approaches in your work, then this video could provide a needed technological, "shot in the arm," to both improve your work as well as give new direction using new technologies available today.
- Roger Parramore Speaks Out by Marcie Davis - At this time I also noticed that I started coming into contact more and more with other glass artists, particularly those in the studio glass movement. And there was a particular bias against flameworking. One, we work with hard glass, and another thing that was more prominent than that, was that lampworking had always been seen as small scale stuff ...you know, exactly what I had been doing... unicorns and carnival work.
- Workshop Calendar
- Glassified Ads - June/July, 2002 - Vol. 16 No. 1.
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